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1,640,955 P. MANsEL MACHINE FOR RECORDING TIME Filed July 5, 1924 6Sheets-Shaet 6 L /Vsmael Patented Aug. 30, 192,7.

UNITED lSTATESl ra'rEN'rl OFFICE.

PAUL MANSEL, OF IBERLINCHARI4OTTENBURG5 GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO SIEMENS &HALSKE, AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, OF SIEMENSSTADT, NEAR BERLIN, GERMANY, A

CORPORATION 0F GERMANY.

vMACHINE. ron. RECORDING rma.

Application led July 5, 1924, Serial No. 724,477, and in Germeny Inn'e29, 1928.

My invention relates to apparatus for checking time et' the type whichrecord the time when the workman enters or leaves the works for eachindividual working day on special printed and cut out cards foreachindividual workman, said cards'being inserted into the apparatus ormachine when the workman enters er leaves the works or actory.

In known apparatus of this type itis necessary to make a specialadjustment in order that the record for an entry or exit time value maytake place.- A mistake in this a'djustment renders the whole carduseless. Furthermore, such apparatus consists of rather complicatedmechanism to effect the necessary changes for a diiierent divisionlofthe working times, pauses, and the like for the individual days oftheWeek.

My invention comprises a number of essential improvements in suchapparatus or machines and above all eliminates the necessity to make inthe card the otherwise customary symbolic perforations Jfor marking thetime values. These perforations are according to my invention replacedby lprinted time value impressions trom which by the simple additionofthe values corresponding with the time of entry and of leaving thetotal working time for the week is ascertained. A further object of theimproved machine is to allow a quick adjustment of different workingconditions, intervals Iand the like and also to take different workingconditions on theindividua-l days of` the week into consideration. Theimproved apparatus is also adapted to properly record `the elapsed timewhere several overlapping working shifts occur and to impress thecorresponding working time values without the necessity of making anychanges in the appa; ratus.

In the drawings a'liixed to this specification and forming part thereofone embodiment of my invention is illustrated by Way of example. In themis:

Fig. 1, a front elevation,

Fig. 2, a rear elevation,

Fig. 3, a side elevation of the improved machine,

Fig. 4, a section along line I-I of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5, a time card with impressions of time values by waryl of example,

vshowing the parts in greater detai Fig. 6, a vertical section of theedge cuttin0' apparatus-for the card, 1g. 7 the printing and cuttingdevice in plan and Fig. .8, a section -through the countin v mechanismalong line IIF-II of Fig. 1. Fig. 9'is a partial frontview, 'showing thecard adjusting and stam ing means,

Fig. 10 is a lateral section through Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is another partialfront vlew, showing especially the devices for. varresting the so-calledpreparation wheels during the setting ofthe elapsed time 4reccrdingwheels.

Fig. 12 is a. lateral section through Fig. 11.

Fig. 13 shows the shaft and the cams 'by means of which the preparationwheels for the different working shifts are cou 'led in.

Fig. 14 is an enlarged view of t e type wheels shown in'Fig. 1, with thegears associated therewith.

. Fig. 15 is a view similar tof Fig. 11, but

I and V Fig. 16 is a det-ail View of one ofthe preparat-ion. wheels,with its associated mechamsm.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the fram of the machine upon thebracket24 V01E which a clockwork 3 isattached which may be operatedmechanically or electrically andl which also serves as the controlclock. The clock is connected to the' timestamp'ing or printingmechanism 4in lsuch manner as to maintain the latter in a position toprint the exacttime as indicatedon the dial of the clock. A handle 5 ismounted for limited swinging. movement between )sto 47 and is normallyheld against one of sai stops by a spring 17. After the work-card 8 isinserted into the funnel 7 by the workman he pullsv the handle 5 forwardagainst the other stop. This movement is-transmitted by mechanismhereinafter described to a hammer head 6, Figs. 4 and 7, which causesthe printing mechanism to print the date, hour and mmute on the face ofthe card. The drive ofv the time printing device is ei'ected in the-following manner: The clockwork 3 drives by means of a spindleAQandbevel wheels 11, Fig. 2, where y a spindle 12 and by means of gearwheels 13, 14, 15 the shaft 16 for the day-time typewheels 4 are turned.One of the day-time typewheels is ear wheels 10- i and hour of the dayand the working hours t'ypewheels print the workinghours elapsed sincethe beginning of the shift upon the.

card at the moment the handle 5 is pulled forward.

Upon the type wheel shaft 16 is fixed a gear wheel 18 which consequentlyrotates together with it and in the example illustrated performs acompleterevolution in V10 minutes. This wheel 18 meshes with a gearwheel 2() loose upon the intermediate spindle 19 with which wheel aspring casing 21 and a pinion 22 iscoupled. Th?J object of thismechanismv is to control the .adjustment of preparatory discs 27 inlarger hour divisions in spite of the fact that the progress of the timestamping device 4 by the clockwork 3l ,takes place every minute, one ofsaid discs being provided for each of the various working shifts. YVhenthe wheel 18 is rotated the casin 21`containing a spring is also rotatedan 4the spring which is fixed at one end to the casing and at the otherend to the shaft 19 is set under tension. On the shaft 19 is fixed awhip or double pawl 23 and a pinion 24. Thefpawl' 23 abuts against theteeth of a star wheel 26 xed upon the spindle 25, which wheel has tenteeth in correspondence with the 115th hour division chosen in theexample ofconsti'uction so that the pawl cannot rotate freely and the{bt-h hour indication can take place. Since iixe on the spindle 25" andthis wheel performs a 'complete revolution inoiie hour the pointv of thepawl'23 in engagement with" the star-wheel 26 will recede every 6minutes from the -star wheel and will rotate through ap angle of 180under the action of the said spring 21 so that the other point of thewhip or pawl 23 will abut against the next tooth ofthe/star wheel 26.-The spring is unwound in this operation by '1/2 lof a revolution and isagain wound up by -this' amount prior to the next release.

With the pinion l24 meshes a gear wheel 29 which is loosely mounted uponthe shaft 25. Attached to or integral withtliis wheel 29 is a linion 30which meshes with a wheel 31 fixe upon a spindle 33 uponwhich ride ifour preparatory wheels 27 or one for each working shift:v B the'release of the pawl 23 which takesv p ace every 6 minutes the 37 of adisc 38.

the (pinion 22 meshes with a gear wheel 28l hand the wheels 34v maycontinue to rotate even when the preparatory wheels 27 are heldstationary as in this case the locking 'pawls 35 pass'over the teeth ofthe wheels 34.

Each preparation wheel 27 rotates once during each shift. The beginningand end of each shift is fixed by means of pins 37 on the disc 38, whichrelease the levers 36 and 131 at the beginning of the shift and at theend of any out7 time, such as for lunch. Atthe end of the shift, pins 37stop the movement of the corresponding preparation wheel 27. The pins 37are arranged in groups, each group serving to control one preparationwheel. In this way each preparation wheel is clock-driven, but rotatesonly during the actual working time of its shiftj The arrest of thewheels 27 takes place if a. pause as for the lunch hour occurs whichshould not be counted asA working time and in such a case locking levers36 of which there are four are brought into engagement with the teeth ofthe Wheels 27 by the pins The said dise 38 is fixed upon the shaft 39and is rotated by the pinion 40 upon the shaft 1 2, Figs. 2 and 4,performing a complete revolution during a shift of 12 hours. Upon itarevtixed the pins 37 by means of which the wheels 27 are heldstationary for a shorter or longer period corresponding with the pauseso that the pauses are automatically deducted fromv the time values. Thepins 37 have dii'erent lengths and can on both sides` of the disc 38 beintroduced in two series of holes in such a position and number ascorresponds with the time and the length of the pauses. The pins are ofdifferent lengths so that each of them cooperates with one of .thelevers 36 only. The spindle 39 of t'hedisc 38'is adapt-- ed to slide inits bearings 42 and can be adjustedkby a cam `wheel 44upon a spindle 43againstthe side edge of which shaped as broken curve the front edge 46of the shaft 39 abuts under the action of a spring 45. This axialadjustment of the spiiidle39 per- -mits a variation in the combinationof pins 37 which control the levers 36 and therefore a control of theelapsed working time for each day of the week.

The cam-wheel 44 is rigidly secured to a 48 is advanced' by one toothduriiig each complete revolution of the disc by a in 50 upona disc 49keyed upon the spin le 39.

53 carries a roller 54,l said roller locking the driving vsta'rv'vheel48 y d "also the cam wheel 44 secured thereto m position.

The pins 37oof-the dise 38 are provided-l with, parts 55,.,56 of,different diameters The combination, of .pins isgso chosen that the,parts 56'v of larger diameters operatethe disc 38. Thezpositin-@ofthefdisc 38 is, as

' explained above, determined by the cam 44.

37 only will raise the 'levers 36 whilethe partsl of smaller diameterswill move past the levers 36 and nottouch them.

Each preparatory wheel v27 isi'urnished with an abutment 57 with which apin' 58^ of the Y`corresponding of four transporting wheels 59 isadapted to come in contact after it has been brought-within the reachofthe v corresponding.'preparatory wheel 27 by a eouplin lever 60controlled by'a spring 66. The adjusting wheels 59 mesh with a pinion 61fixed upon the type wheel shaft 16 moved by the clockwork mechanism.Fixed up'on this shaft 16 are also the unit wheels 62, 63

oftwo further type wheel sets, said unit wheels divided in ,15th hoursbeing consequently provided with the numbers from 0 to 9. After acomplete revolution ofthese unit wheels the hour wheels 64, 65, uponwhich the numbers 1 to 12 are inscribed in accordance with the assumedmaximum working time of 12 hours within one day, are advanced byonedivision. The pair of type wheels 63, 65 shown on the left-hand side ofFig. '1 is designed to print the in time and is so adjusted that italways will stamp a time lying 116 hour'ahead of the real time shown onthe control clock 3. This' is done to ensure that the workman shall passin through the gates before the work time commences and be at hisstation ready to vstart when the actual working hour strikes.

If' for example the work commenced at 7 a. m. and theworkman stamps hiscard at exactly 7 a. mi, hewill lose some minutes -on his record card.The type wheel pair 62,

- 64 for thev exit control are so adjusted'that they will stamp the truetime.

*During the control marking, that is during the stamping of the .timewhich -has passed during the entry or the leaving of the workman since`the beginning 'of the come into: operation. The control of these'stampings .is effected automatically by the .perforations 67, Fig.. 5,provided in the card shift under consideration only one stamp impressionmust be applied .to the card and only one of the two type wheel. setsmust A bell-crank. lever 52 controlled 'by a springfrom the beginning.These perllorations are arranged on the eard inv two vertical rows, 'theholesin one rowV being disposed alter- .nately or staggered to those inthe other row. -During l place on the left of the corresponding hole,

theentry, stamping takes during. the ,exitat' the right of the hole. Theperforations are arranged staggered .so

Vthat the entry 'and exit values `are each arranged in a separatecolumn. The workman is accordin to the arrangement of the apparatus andt e control card-obliged and even compelled tox stamp his .card everytime he enters or leaves as irregularities 0r attempts to cheat will beindicated on his working card. l

To effect the stamping two plungersh69 rotatably disposed upon a shaft68 a're provided in the apparatus,h`igs. 2, 4 and' 7. These plungers orstamps69 are preferably dlsposed in 'such an oblique position that thehead 70 o f the hammer 71 does not touch them. v

After introduction of the control card 8 into the funne17 the handle 5is-pulled, causythe pin 150 on the shaft 7 2 to turn the sleeve 15,1,which is 'loosely arranged y.onthe shaft 72. The lower arm oftheangularlever or bell crank 73, which is formed integrally with thesleeve 151 is drawn inward against' the action of the spring 79, and theup er arm of-the same lever releases a pin 74 whlch is located ona.leverv75 loosely mounted on the shaft 39. The lowerfpart of lever 75will be drawn inwardby means of the spring 7 6 and the upper part of the4sanne lever will be swung outward (rearward) and' thereby exert a pull'at the springs 77, whichare connected to the' lower ends of the levers78, the upper ends of which, as before mentioned, are furnished withplunger's or heads 69. These heads are equipped with feelers 7 9 both ofwhich lie in the same horizontal ,plane and at a horizontal distance'fromeanch i'- other which *is the same 'as that between the twovertical vrows of perforations in the I card 8. Through fthe pull at thesprings 77 the feelers 79 are moved towards'the card 8. As theperforations oft-lie entry and the exit rows are arrangedinstag'geredrelation"to each other on'ly one perforation will,

at any one time, be at the height of the eelers '79. lThe continued pullof the springs 77 will bring one of the feelers 79 (the entry :Eeeler orthe exit feeler) into the perforation in position, whereu on, the leverlwill bein position for receiving a blow from the corresponding head 7Gof the hammer 7l. lVhen so positioned the pad 69 of the head 69 willpress the inlting ribbon and the card 8 against the elapsed Vtimeprinter, so that the time of exit or of Ventrance is recorded on thecard. The other feeler 7 9 will abut against the card and the lever 78of the same will remain in an inclined position, so that its head 69will not be operated by the appertaining hand 70 when the hammer 71 isreleased.

In order to stamp after an entry an exit and after an exit an entryagain, the card must at each stamping be cut out to a heightcorresponding to the vertical distance?A between two adjacentperforations in the entry and exit row. For this purpose the card isformed beforehand with a recess 83. When a new card for the first timeis inserted into the funnel 7 by a workman enteringr the works thehorizogital edge of the recess will abut against a'pin 141 on a cuttingdevice 142 and the lowermost entry perforation will be in position forreceiving one of the feelers 79. Simultaneously with the stamping therecess 83 will be lengthened upward in vertical direction by the cuttingdevice 142 actuated by the head 113 of the hammer 71 punching out apiece of the card of a length corresponding to the vert-ical distancebe-v tween th'e said lowermost entry perforation and the adjacentlowermost exit perforation. The clippings from the card drop down into'a receptacle (not shown) on the base plate of the apparatus through aguide 7. When now the workman leaves the works and inserts his card 8into the funnel 7 for stamping, the horizontal edge of the recess 83wi'll again abut against the pin 141 and the lowermost exit perforationwill now be in lposition for receiving the other feeler 79.

A correct position of the card during the stamping is further secured bymeans of the card guide 86 in which the 'punching device 142 is locatedand which is shiftably mounted on two guide rods 87. Two springs :88tend to move the guide 86 to the right-hand side (Fig. 2) of theapparatus until the guide abuts against the vertical edge of the cardrecess. y

For time-checking machines, which are arranged for checking a pluralityof overlapping working shifts, different recording cards are used foreach shift. In these cards the width of the recess in the cards 8 in ahorizontal direction is different for each shift as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 5. According as the recess in the card is more or lessdeep in horizontal direction the card guide will, when the handle 5 ispulled, be pressed more or less to the right-hand side of the apparatus(Fig. 2) by the springs 88 before coming into contact with the verticaledge Aof the card recess and in accordance herewith the proper one ofthe preparation wheels 27 for the shift in question will be coupled inby means which will be described below.

.72 is turned, a lever 89 on the latter will move outward (F ig'. 1) andthereby release a pin 90 on a toothed segment 91 (Fig. 1 and therebyrelease a pin 90 on a toothed segment 91 which is fixed on a shaft 92.On this shaft there is also fixed one of a p air of bevel gears 92, theother bevel gear being fixed on a vertical shaft 94, which by means of alink 95 is connected to the card guide 86. When the pin 90 is releasedthe springs 88 will press the card guide 86 to the left (Fig. 1) andthis movement is, through the link 95, t-he shaft 94, the bevel gears 92and the toothed segment 91, transmitted to a shaft 97 by means of apinion 96 thereon. This shaft 97 is equipped with cams 98, by means ofwhich the preparation wheels 27 for each working shift are brought intoaction. There is one cam 98 for each preparation wheel 27 and itscoact-ing coupling lever 60. The cams or fingers 98 a're all of the samelength but point in different radial directions relative to the axis ofthe shaft 97 (see Fig. 4). It is assumed that a card belonging to thefirst working shift is inserted into the funnel 7, for example the cardshown in Fig. 5 which has a shallow recess in horizontal direction. Whenthe handle 5 is pulled and the pin 90 is released, the card guide 86will only be moved over a very short .distance by the springs 88 untilit is stopped by coming 'into contact with lthe vertical edge of thecard recess. The angular movement thereby imparted to the pinion 96 overthe toothed segment 91 is a correspondingly small :one 'and only the cam98 the point of which is lying next up to its appertaining couplinglever (in this example the first cam counting from the right in Fig. 1)is brought into operative position opposite to its coupling lever 60. Ifthe card which is put into thel funnel 7 belongs to another workingshift and is c'ut out after the first dashed line to the right on Fig.l5 the card guide 86 will, when the handle 5 is pulled, be pushed overa'somewhat longerA distance than above mentioned by the springs 88before the guide comes into contact with the recess.l Correspondinglythe second cam 98 to the right on Fig.

1 will be swung in to operative position opposite to its coupling lever60 and t-he first cam fto the 4right will be swung out of operativeposition relatively to its lever 60. In the same way the remaining twpcams 98 are set in response to the width of the cards prepared for theseworking shifts.

During the further movement of the handle 5 an inclined' face on a lever99 on the shaft 72 is pressed against the end ofthe against the force ofa spring 84. The camI 98 which at the moment is in operativeposition'will press against a projection 100 on the adjacent couplinglever 60 and carry the lower end of this to the le lt whereby the leverwill swing about its ivot pin 101- against the force of the spring 66and byv means of yits upper forked end 102 will push the sleeve 103 andthe transporting wheel 59 fastened upon the same to the right, so thatthe pin 58 on the wheel 59' is brought into the reach of the pin 57 oftheadjacent prep- `aration wheel 27 When the handle 5 is moved lstillfurther forwards a toothed segment? 104 loosely mounted on 'the shaft 72and connected by parallel springs 105 with an arm-106 is also rotated inthe direction of the arrow, Fig. 3.

The arm 106 isicoupled withthe spindle 72 by a pin 107 and a recess 108so that it can be turned in' relationto the spindle 72 .by a certainangle( The toothed segment A104 meshes with a pinion 109, Fig. 3, whichis rigidly attached to or integral with a toothed wheell110. .This wheel'meshes with a pinion 1'11 -upon the ,shaft 16, lFig. 1 The wheels 59are now by the motion of the handle 5 with the interposed springs v,105turned so far till the previously coupled wheel 59 abuts with its'pin 58against the pin 57 of the correspondingwheel 27. The toothed seg-A ment104 isthen arrested and the springs 105 allow the further `motion of thehandle.

By the motion of the toothed segment 104 v-andthat of thepinions 61,fixed upon the shaft 16 the adjustment of the type Wheels" 62, 64 and63, 65 is effected for a working shift vcorresponding with thepredetermined wheel 59 and corresponding with the time value which haspassed since the beginning of the shift u lto .the entrance and exitfrom the works. l f

The prepa ation wheels must of course be held in `a fixed positionduring the stamping process. For this purpose a shaft 134 `is mountedinthe frame and carries the *brackets146 and stopping pawls 138. Thereis one stopping pawl for each preparation wheel 2.7' and each'pawl isunder the influence 'of a, spring 136, which isheld in tension .by a rod137, rwhich rod is 'passed through the apertures in the pawls andthrough the lever 139, and is supported by the brackets 146. The lever139 is likewise connectedto the shaft 134'. IVVhen they handle 5 -i'spulled a pin 144 on the lever 99 (which also effects lthe lateraldisplacement of vthe shaft 97 )'ismoved away from the lever 139,wliichnow is drawn inward by the spring 145 and turns the shaft 134, so thatthe pawls 138 are brought into engagement with the teeth of .the'wheel27. The springs 136,. .provi `ie' ,a more'or lessresilient connectionbetween the pawls 138 and the wheel v27.

vided upon it.

revolution. Said Qwheels are each provided 4with a stop 130, Figs. 4 and16, which in the zero positionabuts against one ofthe four lockinglevers 131, each of which has a recess 131 and is connected with one of75 the ieeking levers ae. Beth the levers rs1 and 36 are actuated byspecial pins 37 on the disc38 which correspond with the zero positionsof the various preparation wheels 27. Each of pins 37 releases itscorrespond-l so ing locking lever 131 at the beginning of the shift bymoving the levers 36 and 131 to the left and bringing the recess 131' inthe path v of the stop 130 rotating with the preparation wheel 27,allowing the wheel 27 to I'o- S5 tate.. Since the simultaneously thrownin locking lever 36 would, however, act retarding a. recess 1.32. isprovided at the place in the teeth ofLthe preparatory discs 27 whichcorresponds with the zero position.

The hammer 71 is disposed upon a shaft 112, Fig. 2. Itcarries upon itsupper end four hammer heads, Fig. 7, of which the first, 6, sets thetime stamping mechanism 4 `(Fig. 14), in operation, the second and third95 thetime value stamps 62,64 and 63, (in the middle of the card) andthe fourth, 113, the cutter 82 (recess 83 of the card). The hammer 71 iscontrolled by springs 114 which tend to lpull it into the-working-position. A lever 115, Fig. 3, is connected with the frame ehammer and cooperates with an abutment 0r stop 117 fu-lcrumed upon anarm 116 of the shaft 72 of the handle and controlled by a spring 118.l/Vhen the handle 5 is moved lo: 'it sets the hammer under tension andjust `before it reaches its end position the stop 117 releases the leverof the hammerso thatthe hammer 71 vexecutes the blow on the ,e stamps bythe action of the springs 114.l In llu order that the hammer 71 shouldnot abut against the printing stamps 69 in its withdrawn position andprevent their adjustmentit is not moved directly but by means of aninterposed piece 119 and abutments 120 pros .15

Springs 121, Figs.v 2' and 4, which are only subjected to a preliminarytension during the blowbring the hammer 71 slightly beyond the reach ofthe stamp. Ther-motion of the interposeds iece 119,is limitedon a lever122 by a stationary abut meut 123, Fig, 2. Aj

In order to fix the type wheelsv62, 64, and 63, 5 accurately in theprinting :position forV t e time value` stamping astar' wheel 125 S124,\Fig. 3, is secured upon their spindle 16.

The teeth of. said star wheel are engaged Yby a locking pawland shortlybefore the blow of the hammer takes place, a pin 127 provided up'on thelever 106 comes up against a double lever 128 controlled by a spring129. The said lever then releases the stop pawl 125 so that it is freetol engage the star wheel 124 and thus to position the shaft 16 of thetype wheels correctly.

In apparatus for registering a plurality of overlapping shifts it isadvisable to employ a motor drive instead of the hand lever' 5, theworkman then starting'the motor by operating a switch lever whenentering or leaving the factory or works, whereupon the motor switchesitself automatically ofil after it has operated the hammer.

The manner of operation of the arrangement is the following:

The clock-work 3 continuously drives the time type wheel 4, the wheels34 and the disc 38. The preparatory wheel 27 which corresponds with thenext shift is secured in its initial position by means of the nose 131engaging the abutment 130. As the shift starts a pin 37 raises the nose131 and the preparatory wheel 27 is carried around by the pawl 35 in thedirection of the arrow (Fig. 4) rotating synchronously with the clock.As soon as a pause is made in the work another pin 37 raises the pawl36.' The pawl engages the teeth of the preparatory wheel 27 and arrestsit for the duration of the pause, this being accomplished by a pluralityof pins arranged one behind vanother or a. corresponding iap on the disc38. 'After the pause has come to an end the preparatory wheel 27 isreleased and is again carried around by the pawl 35. The pawl 35 ispressed by a spring 35', which is so strong that the wheel 27 is takenalong with the wheel 34 by the frictional engagement bey tween thecontact face of the pawl 35 and the tooth face of the wheel 34 only. Thepawl 35 engages the wheel 34 in a direction opposite to that of a normalpawl. This arrangement is made because it is necessary thatxthe'wheel 34continue at its rotation in the same direction also during the periodsat which the wheel 27 is arrested, Like the pauses the allowances fortheentering of the workman are adjusted on the disc 38. The angularmovement of the wheel 27 therefore corresponds with the time which haspassed since the shifts commencement less the duration of the pauses.

As soon as the workman enters the factory he inserts his card 8 into thefunnel 7, whereby the recess in the card will come to rest against thepin 141 of the punching device 82. The workmanvnow pulls the lever 5,the shaft 72 is turned, and the, lever 89 is moved outward (Fig. 1), sothat the pin 90 on the toothed segment 91 is released. The springs 88 ofthe punching device 86 will now come into action and push the saidpunching devthe vertical side 0f the card recess 83.

vice towards the card 8 until it abuts against This movement of thepunching device will actuate the lever 95, the shaft 94 and the bevelgears 93 and swing the toothed segment 91 (Fig. 4). This segment turnsthe shaft 97 by means of the pinion 96, so that the cam 98 for theworking shift in question (responsive to the horizontal width of thecard recess 83) is swung up into operative position adjacent one of thelevers 60. Simultaneously the lever 99 is swung outward (Fig. 1), and assoon as it comes mto engagement with the end of the shaft 97 it willpress the same to the leftr (Fig. 1) against the force of the spring 84,whereby the lever 98, which for the moment is in operative position, bymeans of the coupling 102, 103, will swing the corresponding wheel 59 tothe right, so that its nose 58 is brought into the path of the nose 57on the preparation wheel 27 belonging to the same set. The pin 144 onthe lever 99 will, during the movement of the latter, release the lever138, while the locking levers 36 are brought into engagement with thewheels 27, which thereby are fixedly held in their position during thestamping.

On the shaft 72 also the two-armed lever 116 is fixed (see Fig. 3), tothe upper end of which one end of the spring 17 is fastened, the otherend of which is fastened to a bracket in the apparatus. When the handle5 is pulled, the spring 17 is stretched. The pin 107 on the lever 116rests loosely in the recess 108 in the lever 106 and will carry thisinto the same direction as the handle 5 as soon as it (the pin) abutsagainst the side of the recess. The lever 106 is, like the toothedsegment 104, loosely mounted on the shaft 72. As the lever 106 and thetoothed segment- 104 are interconnected by means of the springs 105, thesegment 104, will partake in the movement of the lever 106 and, by meansof the gearings 109, 110, 111 and 61, will,rotate the shaft 16 andthereby the wheel 59 until the projection 58 of the wheel 59 inoperation will abut against the projection 57 on the correspondingpreparation wheel 27. The elapsed time type wheels 62--65 thus are setfor stamping. As the preparation wheel 27 already at the beginning ofthe stroke was arrested by the pawl 138 the shaft 16, the toothedsegment 104, and the gear train connecting these parts cannot move anyfurther, but the lever 106 continues its movement, thereby' furthertensioning the springs 105. Anexact adjustment of the type wheels 62-65take' place at the end of the stroke when the pin 127 on the lever 106comes into engagement with the lever 128 and thereby brings the leverinto engagement with the star wheel 124, which is fastened on the shaft16. During the stroke of the lever 5 the pin 150 on the shaft 72 whichis. playing in a slot .n 59 *moved out ofcontact with the'plungers by inthe sleeve "151`will abut against aside @face of the slot. The sleeveand the bell and the upper part'of the same lever will swing outwardand` stretch the springs 77, lwhereby the. feelers 79 are-moved towardsthel card. As at thefmoment of .the first entry witha new card onlyv.the lowermost perforation of thefminus row is in operative positionthe feeler 7 9 belonging to the minus rowwill pass into the saidperforation and the head 65 will be in position for receiving a blowfrom the hammer head 70. At the end of the stroke the spring-actuatedstop 117 on the lever 116 will abut against the lever 115, which isrigidly connected to the shaft 1,12 and slide along the curved face ofthe same, whereby the lever 115 is pressed backward. 'Through thismovement the interposed piece 119 and the hammer frame 71 on the shaft121 are spanned dagainst the force of theA springs 114. As soon as thestop 117 slides out of engagement with the lever 115 the interposed part119 and the frame 71 are released, and the upper part of the frame 71with the heads 6, 79 and 113 are forced inward at a very great speedthrou h the action of the springs 114 so that't e heads will strike theplungers which are lying in their paths (Fig. 7). At this point theheads 113 operate the card cuttingl device, the head 6 operates theprintin def" vice-'for printing the day and time, 'an the left head 70(the lower' head 70 on Fig. 7) operates the cushion 69 belonging to thefeeler 79 which is projectin through the the card, and thus the time isprinted on the card and the stamping procedure is completed. yIt will.'be understood that at the. next stamping .'operation kthe lowermostexit perforation 4 V.

will bein positionor being engaged by the "other feeler, by means ofwhich the exit values'of time are stampedon the card. As soon as thestroke of the hammer heads has taken place the frame 71 is automaticallylever 99;-Wi11 then slide away from its contactmeans of the springs 121,in which position tige frameabuts against the seats 120.

.When the workman now releases his hold the',handle 5 is drawn back`into its original 555- position byA 4. 2

e spring 17 'causingpthe shaft to vreturn to its origmal position.- Thewith the end of the shaft-97, so that the latter bythe spring` 84 ispushed into its normal position. The cam 98, operative at the presentstampingA operation, is then swungout 'of engagement with its'appertaining coupling lever 60 and the corresponding wheel 59 isbroughtback'into inoperative ocent preparation wheel 27. The lever 106 iis brought back into initial position by the pin 107 on the lever 116,which pin, as before mentioned, rests loosely in a slot 108 'in thelever 106. The pin 1.27 on the lever 106 now passes out of engagementwith the lever 128, which is retracted by'its spring 129 and swings thelever 125 out of engagement with the star wheel 124, so that this wheeland consequently the shaft 16 are released. On its Wayback the pin 127will engage the toothed segment 104 and bring this into its initialposition, whereupon the shaft 16 and the wheels 59 are simultaneouslyreturned to their previous position through actuation of the gear train104, 109, 110, 9111. rlhe lever 115- returns toits original positiontogether with the hammer device since it is rigidly connected to theshaft 112.

l As the shaft 72 is moved kback during the return movement of thehandle 5 the pin 150 is moved out of engagement with the wall o i' theslot in the sleeve 151, whereupon the lower arm of the bell crank 73 isdrawn outwardly by the spring 79 and the pin 74 is pressed downward bythe other 'arm ot' the )ell crank 73 whereby the lower-part of the leveris swung outward (to the right in Fig. 4) and the upper part of the sameis swunvinward, so that the spring 77 is release and the plunger 69drops down into 'an inclined position thereby extracting the feeler 79from the perforation in the card Sil 8. Almost atthe end of the returnmovement According to the example shown in Fig..

5 the workman entered 4the factory at 10 :'20 a. in.' andleft at 12 p.m. As the working time commenced at 6:00 a. m. and the time is dividedinto 6 minute-periods the workman starts with a value of 4.4 hoursstamped'on the left side of the perforations 67. When leaving, a valueof 6.7 hours will b e stamped on the right side of the perforatlons,so'that the wages will have to be settled on the basis of an .actualworking time of 6.7 Aminus 4.3 equals 2.3 hours.

Asv all the described movements take place almost simultaneously thewhole stamping procedure. from the insertion to the removal of the card,.maybe accomplished very quickly by the workman.

V1t will be readily understood that-II do not limitmyself tothe exactdetails of construe` tion 'of the, improved working time recordlll.)

ing apparatus and that these may be moditied in many wa s within thescope of my clain'iswithout departing from the spirit of my invention orsacrificing any of its advantages.

IV hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. The combination in an apparatus for checking time by markingcards, of a` card adapted to be introduced into the said apparatus, twoparallel rows otperforations arranged in staggered relation in the saidcard, means for stampin values on lthe said-J card, guiding elementsconnected to the said stamping means and adapted to cooperatewith thesaid rows of perforations by .alternatingly rendering one ot' the saidstamping devices operative, and

actuating elements for operating said stamp-- ing devices.

2. The combination in an apparatus for checking time by marking cards,of a card adapted to be introduced into the said apparatus, two parallelrows of pcrforations arrangedin staggered relation in the said card, twosets of printing wheels for stamping the f entry time values and theexit time values, a

pair of stamping devices each of them co-ordinated to one of said setsof printing wheels,

a feeler connected to each of the said stamp'-,

ing devices, each feeler being coordinated to one of the said two rowsof perforations in the said card, means for alternately bringing one ofthe said feelers into engagement with f" a perforation in the apertaining row of perforations and means or pressing the said stampingdevices against the card and the printing Wheels. f l j 3. A machine forrecording the entry and exit time of aplurality of'shifts, comprismg acard having a recess at its edge, the depth of which corresponds to theshift to be recorded, a clockwork, a set of type wheels driven by saidclockwork, a plurality of preparation wheels adjusted by said clockwork,the number of preparation Wheels vcorresponding to the number of shifts,a

plurality ot' driving devices or adjusting the type Wheels inIaccordance with the position of one ot said preparation wheels, and

`means controlled by the depth of the recess in the card for renderingone .of said preparation wheels and one of said driving devicesoperative.

4. A machine for recording the entry ande exit time of a plurality ofshifts, comprising a card having a recess at its edge, the depth ofwhich corresponds with the shift to be recorded, a clockwork, a set ofwheels drivenby said clockwork, a plurality'of preparation 'wheelsadjusted by said clockwork, the number of said wheels corresponding withthe number of shifts, aplurality of driving devices for adjusting saidtype rwheels in ac- 0f' the entry and exit time cordance withtheposition of one of said preparation wheels, an adjustable abutmentengaging said recess lin said card, a shaft coupled with said abutment,cams upon said shaft, and adjusting devices on the driving devices forthe type wheels controlled by said cams in such a manner that accordingto the adjustment of the abutment in the recess of the card one of thecams renders operative one of said preparation wheels and one of saiddriving devices.

5. In a machine for recording working time, the combination of typewheels, a preparation wheel, a device for adjusting said type wheelsinaccordance with the position of aid preparation wheel, and means forconrolling said type wheels and said adjusting device, said means-including a card having va recess at its edge and having two rows ofperforations, said rows indicating the entry and exit'valuesrespectively.

6. In a machine for recording working time, the combination of typewheels, a preparation wheel, a driving gear for said type wheels, adevice for adjusting said typewheels in 'accordaneerwithjthe position ofsaid preparation wheel comprising a continuously rotating member arr-aned to be intermittently coupled with sai preparation wheel, a gearing,alever, springs connecting the lever with said gearing, a memberconnecting the preparation wheel with said driving gear, means forcontrolling said connecting member comprising a card having indiciaarranged to indicate respectively the entry and exit values o ftherecorded working hours.

7. In a machine for recording working time, the combination of typewheels, a preparation wheel, a device for adjusting said type wheels inaccordance with the position of said preparation wheel comprising ashaft, a continuously 'clock driven disc:4 secured to said shaft, saidpreparation wheel time, the combination of type wheels, a preparationwheel, means for adjusting said type wheels in accordance with theposition of said preparation wheel, an auxiliary device for stopping thepreparation wheel during non-working intervals, comprising acontinuously clock-driven disc, projections thereupon, and. levers forstopping the prepv aration Wheel, and means for connecting'saidpreparationwheel with the type wheels comrising a card having indiciaarranged to lndieate the ent and exit values ofthe recorded workingours.

9. In a machine for recording ,working time, the combination of ty ewheels, a preparation wheel, means for adjusting'said type wheels inaccordance with the position Vof said preparation wheel, an auxiliarycontrol device' for stopping the preparation wheel during non-wor ingintervals comprising a continuously clock-driven disc, projectionsthereupon, another disc for intermittently moving the preparation wheel,locking levers o erated by said projections on the clock-driven discs,gearing upon the preparation wheel cooperating with the locking lever,means for connecting said preparation wheel with the type wheelscomprising a card having indica arranged to determine the entry and exitvalues of the recorded working hours.

10. In a machine for recording thev working time of a plurality ofshifts, the combination of type wheels, a preparation wheel, a devicefor adjusting said type wheels in .accordance with the sition 'of i saidpreparation wheel, an auxiliary device anda ratchet cooperating tocontrol said first mentioned device, sai auxiliary device comprising astop upon the preparation wheel and a lever for stopping the preparationwheel during the time between the end of one shift and the beginning ofthe next shift in the position correspon ing with the zero position ofthe type wheels, means for connecting said preparation wheel with thecard, a preparation w eel, a hammer vmovable toward said card, means foradjusting said type wheels in accordance with the position of saidpreparation wheel, and means for controlling said type wheels and theiradjusting means comprising levers, feelers upon the levers forselectively bringing one of the levers into operative'position betweenthe hammer and the card opposite one of the type wheels by cooperatingwith corre'- spondingperforations in the card.

12. In a machine for recording working time of a plurality of shifts,the combination of type wheels, a plurality of prepara-- tion wheels,one for each of the several shifts, means for adjusting said type wheelsin accordance with the position of said preparation wheels comprising aplurality 'of clock-drivenr gear wheels and driving wheels for thetypewheels, means for connecting said driving wheels with thecorresponding preparation wheels com rising a card having perforationsarrange to indicate the entry and exit values of the recorded workinghours and the shift in which the hours were worked.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature. f

PAUL MANSEL.

